In football you have anadversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.(Eric Cantona)

For touching anadversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King.(Howard Staunton)

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by anadversary.(Atal Bihari Vajpayee)

Origins of the jargon word for an objective or anadversary.(BBC News - U.K. News, 23 February 2016)

For America to supply Kiev with weapons would only make Russia a more recklessadversary.(The New York Times - World News, 8 February 2015)

It’s been more than 30 years since James Bond faced evil Ernst Stavro Blofeld, his most fearedadversary.(Daily Mail - News, 22 November 2014)

Swift'sadversary tells a judge the pop star tried to taint public sentiment with an improper counterclaim.(The Hollywood Reporter - Music, 24 November 2015)

Dez Bryant sashayed through the Dallas locker room with an unmistakable swagger and had nothing but good things to say about hisadversarythis time around.(The Denver Post - Sports, 2 December 2016)

David E. Kendall is “one of America’s greatest lawyers,” a formeradversary says, but he has drawn criticism from foes of the Clintons and concern from their friends.(The New York Times - U.S. News, 23 August 2015)

Gillian Anderson stars as Blanche DuBois, fleeing from time and tawdry reality as she careens into insanity in Tennessee Williams' classic, with Ben Foster as heradversary.(The Hollywood Reporter - Reviews, 1 May 2016)

A Minuteman III missile inside the silo known as Foxtrot 2 in Montana was on alert for nearly half a century, ready to fire a more than 300-kiloton hydrogen bomb to anadversaryanywhere in the world in about 30 minutes.(Los Angeles Times - National News, 12 June 2017)

Question

1 example:

In honor of the fifth anniversary of her Let's Move! campaign, Michelle Obama challenged friend and fitness adversary Ellen DeGeneres to a dance-off to the Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars hit "Uptown Funk."The results?(NBC Today, 13 March 2015)

Other sentences

95 examples:

We exorcise you, every unclean spirit, every satanic power, every incursion of the infernal adversary, every legion, every congregation and diabolical sect.

Melenchon tried to position himself on Sunday as a key adversary of Marine Le Pen, choosing Lyon for the launch of his campaign.(Sydney Morning Herald - World, 5 February 2017)

Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has a new adversary in Keytruda, a new drug from pharmaceutical stalwart Merck & Co.(UPI - Health News, 4 September 2014)

In the background I watch some Monty Python with amusement as the Black Knight hops on one foot taunting his adversary, King Arthur.(Forbes - Technology, 31 December 2014)

Washington is looking into Pakistan’s primary adversary, India, to advance its policy agenda in Afghanistan and elsewhere in Asia.(Panos Mourdoukoutas, Contributor
https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/ in Forbes - Entrepreneurs, 24 August 2017)

Israel and its main Gaza adversary weigh an Egyptian cease-fire proposal late on Monday, after Hamas sends a drone across the border.(Sydney Morning Herald - World, 15 July 2014)

The US says it faces a "dedicated adversary" and an "ever evolving threat" to the nation's cyber security, after a major data breach.(BBC News - Technology, 5 June 2015)

Cuba's iconic dictator certainly provided an almost mythical adversary for what became an obsessive, error-prone campaign by the CIA.(NBC News, 28 November 2016)

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls thanks his political adversary George Osborne for sponsoring him as he completed his second London Marathon.(BBC News - Politics, 21 April 2013)

Americans no longer see China as public enemy number one, with Russia now cited as the country's top adversary, according to a new poll.(CNBC, 26 February 2015)

In walks a far-right Republican, a woman from the West who was part of the Tea Party Caucus -- the sort who'd seem an obvious adversary.(CNN - U.S. News, 9 April 2015)

The visit is part of an effort to end more than a half-century of estrangement and forge normalized relations with a Cold War adversary.(The New York Times - U.S. News, 18 February 2016)

One of the most famous villains in Dragon Ball Z is Frieza, a cruel sadist he acts as the main adversary to Goku in the manga and anime.(Ollie Barder, Contributor
http://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/ in Forbes - Technology, 23 October 2016)

The U.S. airstrikes this week were aimed at a Syrian air base, but almost certainly got the attention of another adversary — North Korea.(Fox News - U.S., 8 April 2017)

Sir Alex Ferguson has penned a heartfelt tribute to old adversary Arsene Wenger ahead of the Frenchman’s 1,000th game as manager of Arsenal.(Daily Mail - Sport, 20 March 2014)

To any British kid who grew up watching James Bond, it might appear that Her Majesty's Secret Service is clever enough to defeat any adversary.(Forbes - Technology, 15 July 2014)

BAE Systems is producing a prototype system to protect U.S. aircraft from adversary air defense radars for DARPA's Adaptive Radar Countermeasures program.(UPI - Business News, 10 December 2014)

“The Wall," a story of two American soldiers facing off against an unseen Iraqi adversary, is a men-at-war story more interesting than you might imagine.(Los Angeles Times - Entertainment News, 11 May 2017)

On a recent trip to Pyongyang, former Bay Area Rep. 'Pete' McCloskey confronts his troubling combat memories by meeting and saluting a Korean War adversary.(Lee Romney in Los Angeles Times - World News, 18 February 2014)

Saab reports that it is exploring the possibility of providing its Gripen Aggressor aircraft to the United States Air Force for adversary air combat training.(UPI - Business News, 19 September 2017)

The signals of preference for the leadership of an adversary over that of the president came despite criticism from Democrats and discomfort among Republicans.(The New York Times - World News, 8 September 2016)

As he prepares to resume hostilities with an old adversary, Nigel Clough at least has the consolation it's only his ego Steve Bruce can bruise on this occasion.(Daily Mail - Sport, 10 April 2014)

Hillary Clinton cast the financial industry as an adversary in her presidential campaign -- despite the money that industry has poured into her White House effort.(Fox News - Politics, 5 February 2016)

The battle against those who would use computers to wreak havoc whether they are ordinary criminals, terrorists or adversary nation states is a battle that will not go away.(Special for USA TODAY in USA Today - Money, 6 May 2017)

Lord Ashcroft’s biography of the Prime Minister also claims that David Cameron made his old Eton and Oxford adversary his last choice to be Tory candidate for London Mayor.(Daily Mail - News, 22 September 2015)

Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party will test its popularity in midterm elections Saturday after six years of leading the island to landmark deals with longtime adversary China.(Ralph Jennings in Los Angeles Times - World News, 28 November 2014)

Karanka won the Champions League three times as a player with Real Madrid — and was later assistant to Mourinho at the Bernabeu — and is a long-time adversary of Guardiola.(Daily Mail - Sport, 10 March 2017)

ADAM SHERGOLD IN ZURICH: Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned the FIFA World Player of the Year for the second time, breaking the stranglehold of his great adversary Lionel Messi.(Daily Mail - Sport, 14 January 2014)

Apple adversary Samsung Electronics, which has repeatedly clashes with the Silicon Valley company in the marketplace and in court, agrees with Apple in its standoff with the FBI.(USA Today - Tech, 4 March 2016)

Yemen's dominant Houthi group accepted on Sunday a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by its adversary Saudi Arabia but said it would respond to any violations of the pause.(Sydney Morning Herald - World, 10 May 2015)

The decision appeared to be a signal of Saudi Arabia’s continued displeasure with the Obama administration over United States relations with Iran, its rising regional adversary.(The New York Times - World News, 10 May 2015)

Roy Keane has been busy promoting his latest autobiography, The Second Half, by sniping at the numerous enemies he made during his career, but one former adversary has bitten back.(Daily Mail - Sport, 24 October 2014)

The 1980s blockbuster returns to Broadway in a cinematically propulsive staging that stars Ramin Karimloo as prisoner 24601, Jean Valjean, and Will Swenson as his adversary, Javert.(The Hollywood Reporter - Reviews, 23 March 2014)

Jerry Brown’s most formidable G.O.P. adversary is turning out to be a fellow Californian who wields power from 2,700 miles away: Kevin McCarthy, the incoming House majority leader.(The New York Times - U.S. News, 16 July 2014)

The U.S. is ready to negotiate with longtime adversaryNorth Korea as it has with Iran, but Pyongyang has to be serious about abandoning nuclear weapons, President Obama said Friday.(Fox News - Politics, 16 October 2015)

U.S. President Barack Obama made a historic visit to Cuba last week, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former adversary.(Reuters in CBC News - World, 27 March 2016)

President Obama's determination to persuade the public and Congress to support a historic nuclear agreement with Iran may soon run headlong against a proven political adversary: August.(Los Angeles Times - World News, 31 July 2015)

Faced with his worst run as a coach and his greatest adversary, Pep Guardiola will put Manchester City's needs ahead of personal pride and rotate his squad at Old Trafford on Wednesday.(Daily Mail - Sport, 25 October 2016)

With a little help from the Stadium Course's famed Island Green, Tiger Woods downed adversary Sergio Garcia on Sunday and won the Players Championship for the first time in over a decade.(Fox News - Sports, 12 May 2013)

None of the most commonly published photographs of Grigory Rodchenkov suggest him as a fearsome adversary to the all-powerful and intimidating administration of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.(Daily Mail - Sport, 14 January 2017)

Three U.S. Navy airmen stranded in the South Pacific battle the elements in the fact-based World War II drama "Against the Sun," but their greatest adversary ultimately proves to be timing.(Michael Rechtshaffen in Los Angeles Times - Entertainment News, 22 January 2015)

Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat will not come up against old adversary Louis van Gaal in the Premier League this season but has had his say on his compatriot’s first campaign at Man United.(Daily Mail - Sport, 17 March 2015)

Teams of up to four hunters rally together in an attempt to topple their beast-like adversary, an enemy that can, once it’s consumed enough carcasses, evolve into a more powerful opponent.(The Independent - Gadgets & Tech, 10 February 2015)

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday welcomed a new nuclear weapons arms race with Russia, vowing in an off-camera interview with a television host that America would "outmatch" any adversary.(Sydney Morning Herald - World, 23 December 2016)

When Sir Ian Botham made his pre-series prediction of a -0 England whitewash, the response of his Australian friend and former Ashes adversary Allan Border was as eye-watering as it was unequivocal.(Daily Mail - Sport, 20 July 2013)

Just because Conor McGregor is taking a self-imposed hiatus to await the May birth of his first child doesn’t mean McGregor’s top adversary, Nate Diaz, wants to join him at the hip on the sideline.(Los Angeles Times - Boxing, 24 January 2017)

The United States has asked Iraq’s prime minister to work with the Kurds to persuade the Sunni minority that the next government will be an “ally not an adversary,” an administration official said.(The New York Times - U.S. News, 15 June 2014)

Iran has conducted its first missile test since US President Donald Trump took office, giving the nascent administration an early opportunity to show the world how they plan to deal with a key US adversary.(CNN - World News, 31 January 2017)

Tony Parker scored 25 points in the San Antonio Spurs' -113 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night in the final matchup between Kobe Bryant and longtime Western Conference adversary Tim Duncan.(The New York Times - Pro-Basketball, 20 February 2016)

The American underdogs in what is planned to be the world's first giant robot battle have enlisted help from NASA engineers and Hollywood robotics experts in a bid to overcome their favoured Japanese adversary.(The Associated Press in CBC News - Technology & Science, 16 November 2015)

Stepping into history, President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba on Sunday, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former adversary.(The Associated Press in CBC News - World, 20 March 2016)

As North Korea continues its march towards developing a reliable long-range nuclear missile, US officials are becoming increasingly vocal about concerns over Pyongyang's ties to another familiar adversary: Iran.(CNN - World News, 14 September 2017)

The Trump administration’s attack on legal marijuana, already stymied by large states determined not to roll back the clock, is increasingly confronting an even more politically potent adversary: military veterans.(Los Angeles Times - National News, 21 July 2017)

The Obama administration is mulling possible discussions with Iran over the mounting security crisis in Iraq, a senior official said on Sunday, in what would mark a major step in US engagement with its longtime adversary.(Sydney Morning Herald - World, 16 June 2014)

President Donald Trump said it was a waste of time for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to negotiate with Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, and that the U.S. will “do what has to be done” with its adversary in Asia.(The Wall Street Journal - World News, 2 October 2017)

After two decades of trying to build a partnership with Russia, the NATO alliance now feels compelled to start treating Moscow as an adversary, the second-ranking official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Thursday.(Fox News - Politics, 1 May 2014)

It’s a “don’t trust, just verify” approach, and is the first step to bringing Iran into the world’s nuclear community as a partner instead of an adversary, making Iran a compliant signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.(Forbes - Technology, 26 March 2015)

Criticism of 47 Republican senators' letter to Iranian leaders escalated Friday, and one of the lawmakers expressed misgivings about writing directly to an adversary to raise doubts about President Barack Obama's nuclear negotiations.(The Denver Post - Politics, 14 March 2015)

President Donald Trump is currently engaged in a match of escalating rhetoric and even military posturing with Kim Jong Un. And Trump has some thoughts on his adversary -- thoughts in which Trump notably appears to empathize with him.(The Denver Post - Politics, 28 April 2017)

The jodhpurs, tapering emphatically at the blood-red Jeffrey West ankle boots (don’t call them winklepickers), are made to measure at Kilgour of Savile Row, 1920s cut, and a formidable adversary to the trouser, according to the host.(The Independent - Sport, 17 October 2014)

He faces ‘unexpected adversity’ when a fraternity house opens close to his family home, but Seth Rogen appears to lose his latest battle of wills with adversary Zac Efron in the latest sneak peek from their new film, Bad Neighbours.(Daily Mail - TV&Showbiz, 22 April 2014)

Former Nottinghamshire captain Jason Gallian, who once angrily threw Kevin Pietersen’s cricket bat off the Trent Bridge balcony, believes his old adversary has the talent to tame his temperament and become England’s greatest runscorer.(Daily Mail - Sport, 16 November 2013)